"Statistics On Teenage Car Accidents and Teen Deaths." Car Accident Claims, Auto Insurance Settlements, Personal Injury Amounts. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. <http://www.after-car-accidents.com/statistics-on-teenage-car-accidents.html>This site is provide by a law firm and provides factual information about teens and auto accidents. These statistics help influence car rates and policies because of the high risk to teens and their cars.

Facts

Teen car accidents are the leading cause of teen deaths in America.
Over 68,000 teenage drivers have died in auto accidents the past 10 years.
Almost 4,000 teen drivers died in vehicle crashes in 2008.
Teenagers were 10% of the US population in 2008 and were 11% of fatal auto crashes.
Thirty-three percent of the deaths were because of bad car accidents.
Fatal auto crashes have decreased among male teenage drivers (59 percent) and among female teenage drivers (38 percent) over the last 30 years.
Still, almost 2 out of every 3 teenage drivers killed in an auto crash in 2008 were males.
In 2008, automobile accident statistics show August had the highest number of teen deaths.
55% of fatal teen car accidents occurred on Friday, Saturday or Sunday in 2008.
22% of fatal teen auto crashes occurred between 9 pm and midnight in 2008.
In fact, automobile accident statistics show that auto crashes cause cause more teen deaths than both suicide and homicide combined.